Re: [ozmidwifery] not weighing placentas

[Anne Clarke]

Dear Helen,   Think laterally, get them to give you good evidence giving the reason that they weigh placentas, other than that they have been doing it forever - not a good reason.    If they cannot give you evidence why it should continue it should be stopped, you start not weighing them and others will follow.  If a particular doctor wishes the placentas to be weighed and they cannot give you evidence in the benefits then he/she does it themselves.   Or   Start a group to investigate same and look at the evidence, and present the literature search - it will turn out that there is no good evidence to weigh placentas you have a valid argument that weighing should stop.   Regards Anne Clarke Queensland ----- Original Message ----- From: Helen and Graham To: ozmidwifery Sent: Monday, August 22, 2005 4:24 PM Subject: [ozmidwifery] not weighing placentas Does anyone have research to support the discontinuation of weighing placentas as a routine practice?  I have worked in places that stopped doing it years ago and feel anecdotally that weighing placentas has no clinical benefit.  However, I don't know if it has been discontinued as a result of any particular research study.......My current work place continues to carry out this practice and I would like to be able to give them research based evidence to support my suggestion to change their policy.   Thanks   Helen __________ NOD32 1.1198 (20050819) Information __________ This message was checked by NOD32 antivirus system. http://www.eset.com